Clifford Ellis Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
British, 1907-1985
Clifford Ellis was born in Bognor in Sussex and trained at Saint Martin’s School of Art and Regent Street Polytechnic. He was a graphic artist and illustrator who is best known for the posters he produced for London Transport during the 1930s. Ellis generally collaborated on posters with his wife, Rosemary, whom he married in 1931. The General Post Office, Shell and the Empire Marketing Board were also clients for the couple's posters. They signed their posters C&RE, their initials being in alphabetical order, and they are readily recognizable by their ebullient use of color and form.
Employed during the war as a camoufleur, along with so many other artists, Ellis was also an official war artist, serving with the Grenadier Guards. Rosemary, meanwhile, was an artist for the Recording Britain project. Following the war, they trained art teachers at the Bath Academy of Art. They also designed a series of nearly 100 book jackets for the New Naturalist series, published by Collins between 1945–82, and were always fascinated by animals and natural history.
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Artist: Clifford Ellis
'Form' Abstract Mid-Century Gouache Painting Clifford Ellis Modern British Art
By Clifford Ellis
Located in London, GB
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Clifford Ellis Mid-Century Abstract drawing Modern British Art
By Clifford Ellis
Located in London, GB
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Clifford Ellis Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
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Clifford Ellis, 'Sketch for Sailing Boats I' drawing Modern British Art
By Clifford Ellis
Located in London, GB
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Clifford Ellis Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
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Clifford Ellis Abstract Painting Mid-Century Modern British Art Grey & Black
By Clifford Ellis
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Clifford Ellis Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
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Abstract in White Mid-Century Gouache Painting Clifford Ellis Modern British Art
By Clifford Ellis
Located in London, GB
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Clifford Ellis Autumn in Yellow and Brown: mid-century abstract gouache painting
By Clifford Ellis
Located in London, GB
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Clifford Ellis Broad Chalk Wiltshire sketch Modern British Art New Naturalists
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Clifford Ellis Goat Mid-Century sketch Modern British Art
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